The advice about keeping your emails below 110 words is particularly pertinent to developers. We tend to either overstate or oversimplify both project milestones/completions and potential problems.

]]>By: Annahttp://www.thesimpledollar.com/review-the-simplicity-survival-handbook/#comment-72494
Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:24:08 +0000http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/16/review-the-simplicity-survival-handbook/#comment-72494I love #11, but it got me in trouble at my last job. I’m a graphic designer, a huge part of which is communicating a message within the design. I’m always asking the “why” question because you can’t communicate a message unless you know what the message is, who it needs to be communicated to, and why they need to know what you’re telling them. My last boss got fed up with my questions and said I should just do the projects “because she said so.” I never really could make her understand that I needed this information to do my job, so I found a new job a few months later.
]]>By: MVPhttp://www.thesimpledollar.com/review-the-simplicity-survival-handbook/#comment-72462
Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:00:59 +0000http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/16/review-the-simplicity-survival-handbook/#comment-72462I would LOVE to have a job where I could actually USE these suggestions. Unfortunately, I’m with silver – I’d likely get the boot. There’s usually no way to skip out on meetings, although they rarely accomplish anything, and God-forbid I delete an email that describes how exactly to send those TPS reports! Then I’d be forced to answer to several more emails and attend more meetings…
]]>By: silverhttp://www.thesimpledollar.com/review-the-simplicity-survival-handbook/#comment-72390
Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:34:34 +0000http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/16/review-the-simplicity-survival-handbook/#comment-72390That sounds more like a book on how to get fired. Delete the email if you don’t have a sense of urgency when you see the sender? I guess that explains why I would always have to copy a supervisor on the emails I sent to a former coworker in order to get a response from her. That’s right, former coworker, she was fired for skipping out on meeting the boss set up, not doing all the work assigned to her, and in general being a selfish employee.
]]>By: Suzie Cheelhttp://www.thesimpledollar.com/review-the-simplicity-survival-handbook/#comment-72257
Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:23:08 +0000http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/16/review-the-simplicity-survival-handbook/#comment-72257This is a fantastic review, I love the email suggestionsI also love the design of your site- great lettering.
]]>By: Barbarahttp://www.thesimpledollar.com/review-the-simplicity-survival-handbook/#comment-72220
Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:31:21 +0000http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/16/review-the-simplicity-survival-handbook/#comment-72220I like how this post cut to the chase. Thanks for a great review.
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